The University of Texas at Austin

Sherri Greenberg served for 10 years as a member of the Texas House of Representatives, completing her final term in January 2001. In 1999, she was appointed by the Speaker of the House to chair the House Pensions and Investments Committee and to chair the Select Committee on Teacher Health Insurance. She served two terms on the House Appropriations Committee, and served on the Appropriations Committee's Education, and Major Information Systems Subcommittees. Other committee assignments included the House Economic Development Committee, Elections Committee, and Science and Technology Committee.

Greenberg's professional background is in public finance. She served as the Manager of Capital Finance for the City of Austin from 1985 to 1989, overseeing the City's debt management, capital budgeting, and capital improvement programs. Prior to that she worked as a Public Finance Officer for Standard & Poor's Corporation in New York, where she analyzed and assigned bond ratings to public projects across the country.

Greenberg has a B.A. in Government from UT Austin and an M.S. in Public Administration and Policy from the London School of Economics. Her teaching and research interests include public finance and budgeting, Texas state government, local government, education, housing, technology, and campaigns and elections. Her recent publications include State E-Government Strategies: Identifying Best Practices and Applications, and Beyond the Bid: An Evaluation of State and Local Government Procurement Practices.

Currently, Greenberg serves as a board member and treasurer of Austin Voices for Education and Youth, and she is an appointed member of the City of Austin General Obligation Housing Bond Review Committee.

Education

B.A. in Government from UT Austin; M.S. in Public Administration and Policy from the London School of Economics

Current Positions

Treasurer, Austin Voices for Education and Youth; member, City of Austin General Obligation Housing Bond Review Committee; Board Member, Section for Women in Public Administration of the American Society for Public Administration; Urban and State Affairs Specialization Coordinator, LBJ School of Public Affairs; Member, Community Relations Council of Austin; Board Member, Great Society Fund, LBJ School of Public Affairs;

Previous Positions

Texas State Representative (1991-2001); Manager of Capital Finance for the City of Austin (1985-1989); Public Finance Officer, Standard & Poor's Corporation in New York (1982-1985)

Author, “State E-Government Strategies: Identifying Best Practices and Applications,” Congressional Research Service (2007); author, Beyond the Bid: An Evaluation of State and Local Government Procurement Practices, LBJ School of Public Affairs (2005)

Budgeting and Public Financial Management
Community Development
Elections
Health Care
Local Government
Texas State Government